Common use of Use and Approval of FMLA Leave Clause in Contracts

Use and Approval of FMLA Leave. (1) The University will approve FMLA leave for an eligible faculty member as long as the reasons for absence qualify under the FMLA and the faculty member has not exhausted his or her four hundred and eighty (480) hours within the appropriate twelve (12) month period. (2) The faculty member may request FMLA leave as accrued sick and/or annual leave, leave without pay, or a combination thereof. (3) The University may require that the faculty member use accrued leave with pay prior to requesting leave without pay for four hundred and eighty (480) hours (12 work weeks) of FMLA leave. Requiring the use of paid leave will be applied consistently and may not be used merely to exhaust the faculty member's leave balance in order to prohibit the use of paid leave while on leave without pay as provided for in section 19.12(e). (4) Faculty members on approved FMLA leave may not be employed elsewhere without the prior written approval of the University.

Use and Approval of FMLA Leave. (1) The University will approve FMLA leave for an eligible faculty member as long as the reasons for absence qualify under the FMLA and the faculty member has not exhausted his or her four hundred and eighty (480) hours within the appropriate twelve (12) month period. (2) The faculty member may request FMLA leave as accrued sick and/or annual leave, leave without pay, or a combination thereof. (3) The University may require that the faculty member use accrued leave with pay prior to requesting leave without pay for four hundred and eighty (480) hours (12 work weeks) of FMLA leave. Requiring the use of paid leave will be applied consistently and may not be used merely to exhaust toexhaust the faculty member's leave balance in order to prohibit the use of paid leave while on leave without pay as provided for in section 19.12(e). (4) Faculty members on approved FMLA leave may not be employed elsewhere without the prior written approval of the University.

Use and Approval of FMLA Leave. (1) The University will approve FMLA leave for an eligible faculty member as long as the reasons for absence qualify under the FMLA and the faculty member has not exhausted his or her four hundred and eighty (480) hours within the appropriate twelve (12) month period. (2) The faculty member may request FMLA leave as accrued sick and/or annual leave, leave without pay, or a combination thereof. (3) The University may require that the faculty member use accrued leave with pay prior to requesting leave without pay for four hundred and eighty (480) hours (12 work weeks) of FMLA leave. Requiring the use of paid leave will be applied consistently and may not be used merely to exhaust the faculty member's ’s leave balance in order to prohibit the use of paid leave while on leave without pay as provided for in section 19.12(e). (4) Faculty members on approved FMLA leave may not be employed elsewhere without the prior written approval of the University.